Why Mars rover has a dinky camera and computer

NASA scientists deserve every high-five and hug received for surviving “seven minutes of terror” and safely landing the 1-ton Curiosity rover on Mars, but what’s up with the spacecraft’s dinky 2 megapixel camera and equally dinky PowerPC 750 computer chip? NASA scientists deserve every high-five and hug received for surviving “seven minutes of terror” and safely landing the 1-ton Curiosity rover on Mars, but what’s up with the spacecraft’s dinky 2 megapixel camera and equally dinky PowerPC 750 computer chip?

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